Cuvée d'Hiver

Driftwood Brewery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Farmhouse - Saison Regular

Score

6.42

ABV: 5.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 4

Brewed entirely with barley grown and malted on the Saanich Peninsula by artisan maltster Mike Doehnel. This “winter batch” is revealed by one of the most unique Belgian yeast strains in existence. The resulting ale is a pale, golden effervescent beer with a fruity nose balanced with a sweet malt profile and tangy finish. It is the flavor of the sun, the rain and the earth of Vancouver Island.

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7.5

Ferris (26026) reviewed Cuvée d'Hiver from Driftwood Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle - Vintage 2011 - Little bit of feet and funk. Lite citrus and hay. Clear gold with a rich white head. Light esters, honey and yeast. Held up extremely well.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2014 at 23:55

5.9

fiulijn (28383) reviewed Cuvée d'Hiver from Driftwood Brewery 14 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Liberty Wine, 10th St., Vancouver
Hazy yellow pee color; small head. Aroma of laboratorized Belgian yeast, light chamomile and hay, light plastic, light medicines; it kinda misses the point for being a Saison, or Farmhouse Ale as promised on the label. The mouthfeel is quite dry, there are light lemony tones; the bitterness is high; some traces of Belgian yeast, but not enough of its character. Mediocre.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2011 at 16:54

4.6

crit200 (5349) reviewed Cuvée d'Hiver from Driftwood Brewery 15 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5

Sparkling gold, head dissipates immediately.Lemony,hint of spice,champagne yeast in nose and taste.Astringent and dry, light hop end Stick with the Farmhand, boys !! Not much here

Tried on 21 Mar 2011 at 17:23

6.9

mcberko (47797) reviewed Cuvée d'Hiver from Driftwood Brewery 15 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

650mL bottle, pours hazy golden blond with a white head. Dry pear, orange peel, champagne yeast and barnyard funk on the nose. Light flavour of yeast, dry pear and barnyard funk. Very nice - probably as good as Farmhand Ale.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2011 at 20:18